Cary Barbor
Reporterczahaby@wgcu.org
Cary Barbor is a reporter for WGCU and hosts the Gulf Coast Life Book Club author interview show. She was a producer for Martha Stewart Radio on Sirius XM, where she hosted a live interview show with authors of new books. She was a producer for The Leonard Lopate Show, a live, daily show that covered arts, culture, politics, and food on New York City’s public radio station WNYC. She also worked as a producer on Studio 360, a national public radio culture magazine; and The Sunday Long Read, a show that features in-depth conversations with journalists and other writers. She has filed stories for NPR's The Pulse and Here & Now.
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Collier County has now been free of new measles cases for the two-week period ending April 25.
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The cost of pet care is rising, just like the cost of most other things. Should a pet owner turn to telehealth to save money? -
The president of a local company that imports primates was charged with a misdemeanor involving mistreatment of animals earlier this year. -
Florida Gulf Coast University took another step toward preparing future healthcare workers this week when they broke ground on a $117 million health sciences building. -
With a measles outbreak ongoing in Florida and historically low rates of vaccination, we hear from Dr. Nicole Iovine, infectious disease expert as well as chief hospital epidemiologist at University of Florida Health Shands Hospital. She’ll discuss how vaccines—and our immune systems—work to keep us healthy. -
A pickleball pro who competed in the US Open championships in Naples picked up the game when he was healing from cancer. He loved it so much, he shared it all the way to Papua New Guinea. -
After a one-week hiatus of no new measles cases, Collier County reported a new case during the week ending April 11, which is the most recent data the state is making public. -
Patients of NCH were informed recently that NCH Bonita Immediate Care will close permanently on May 1. -
Three women who were all married to murderers become friends and band together to solve a local murder. -
For the first time in ten weeks, Collier County had no new cases of measles in the week ending April 4.
